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you know that non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease land in Israel?
Did
you know that Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded
to distinguish Jews from non-Jews?
Did you know
that Jerusalem, both East and West, is considered by the entire
world community, including the United States, to be occupied territory
and NOT part of Israel?
Did you know
that Israel allots 85% of the water resources for Jews and the
remaining 15% is divided among all Palestinians in the territories?
For example in Hebron, 85% of the water is given to about 400
settlers, while 15% must be divided among Hebron's 120,000 Palestinians?
Did you know
the United States awards Israel $5 billion in aid each year?
Did you know
that yearly US aid to Israel exceeds the aid the US grants to
the whole African continent?
Did you know
that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has nuclear
weapons?
Did you know
that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that refuses
to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and bars international
inspections from its sites?
Did you know
that Israel currently occupies territories of two sovereign nations
(Lebanon and Syria) in defiance of United Nations Security Council
resolutions?
Did you know
that Israel has for decades routinely sent assassins into other
countries to kill its political enemies?
Did you know
that high-ranking military officers in the Israeli Defense Forces
have admitted publicly that unarmed prisoners of war were executed
by the IDF?
Did you know
that Israel refuses to prosecute its soldiers who have acknowledged
executing prisoners of war?
Did you know
that Israel routinely confiscates bank accounts, businesses, and
land and refuses to pay compensation to those who suffer the confiscation?
Did you know
that Israel blew up an American diplomatic facility in Egypt and
attacked a U.S. ship in international waters, killing 33 and wounding
177 American sailors?
Did you know
that the second most powerful lobby in the United States, according
to a recent Fortune magazine survey of Washington insiders, is
the Israeli AIPAC?
Did you know
that Israel stands in defiance of 69 United Nations Security Council
Resolutions?
Did you know
that many Americans who support the Israeli occupation believe
that a god deeded all of the land in Israel to the Jewish people?
Did you know
that Israel is explicitly dedicated to the policy of maintaining
a Jewish character.
Did you know
that Israel, despite its high standard of living and powerful
military, is the single largest recipient of American foreign
aid?
Did you know
that Israel's current prime minister, Ariel Sharon, was found
by an Israeli court to be "personally responsible" for the Sabra
and Shatilla massacres in Lebanon.
Did you know
that today's Israel sits on the former sites of more than 400
now-vanished Palestinian villages, and that the Israeli's re-named
almost every physical site in the country to cover up the traces?
Did you know
that it was not until 1988 that Israelis were barred from running
"Jews Only" job ads?
Did you know
that four prime ministers of Israel (Begin, Shamir, Rabin, and
Sharon) have taken part in either bomb attacks on civilians, massacres
of civilians, or forced expulsions of civilians from their villages?
Did you know
that the Israeli Foreign Ministry pays two American public relations
firms to promote Israel to Americans?
Did you know
that Sharon's coalition government includes a party -- Molodet
-- which advocates expelling all Palestinians from the occupied
territories?
Did you know
that Israel's settlement-building increased in the eight years
since Oslo?
Did you know
that settlement building under Barak doubled compared to settlement
building under Netanyahu?
Did you know
that Israel once dedicated a postage stamp to a man who attacked
a civilian bus and killed several people?
Did you know
that recently-declassified documents indicate that David Ben-Gurion
in at least some instances approved of the expulsion of Palestinians
in 1948?
We often
hear of Ehud Barak's generosity about an alleged return of 95%
of the Palestinian Occupied Territories. When Palestinians refused,
they were blamed for "missing an opportunity." Did you know that
the Palestinians have already accepted Israel's existence on 78%
of what was Palestine?
For those
who use the argument of the Bible: God said to Abraham, "Unto
thy seed, I will give thy land." Abraham had two sons. Ismael
-- the Arab son, and Isaac -- the Jewish son. So even if one wants
to go to the Bible, the land would belong to both.
Did you know
that Palestinian Christians are considered the "living stones"
of Christianity because they are the direct descendants of the
disciples of Jesus Christ?
Did you know
that despite a ban on torture by Israel's High Court of Justice,
torture has continued by Shin Bet interrogators on Palestinian
prisoners?
Did you know
that Palestinian refugees make up the largest portion of the refugee
population in the world?
Did you know
that settlement building under Barak was at its peak during his
administration than at any other time?
Did you know
that Israeli military checkpoints remained between every Palestinian
population center in violation of the Oslo Accords?
Despite every
Israeli attempt to harm Palestinian university education, Palestinians
have the highest ratio of PhDs per capita in the world?
Did you know
that the right of self-determination is guaranteed to every human
being under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [December,
1948], yet Palestinians were/are expected to negotiate for this
right under the Oslo Accords.
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